The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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F. L. WEIMAR. EDITOR AND OWNER
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR.
VOLUME XXVIX
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, JANUARY 2, 1930. ££
No. 36.
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POLITICAL INFORMATION i STUDIO OF VOICE VOCATIONAL CLASS WIN
FOR THE CANDIDATES OPENS IN ALTO HONORS AT PALESTINE
In order that those who are
contemplating running for
some office may be informed
on the charges the Herald will
make for announcements and
cards, we print below the
prices of political announce-
ments and candidate cards.
Political Announcements
Precinct Offices $ 5.00
County Offices 7.50
District Offices 10.00
Congressional Offices .... 15.00
Candidate Cards
500 Cards $ 2.50
1000 Cards 3.75
2000 Cards f>.50
3000 Cards 9.25
4000 Cards 12.00
5000 Cards 14.75
All political announcements
and cards are strictly cash in
advance, and we will appre-
ciate it very much if you will
help us to abide by this, as we
do not wish to be embarrassed
by having to refuse to take po-
litical announcements over the
telephone.
Political Announcements
The Herald is authorized to
make the following political
announcements subject to the
action of the Democratic Pri-
mary July 28, 1930:
For Cotton Weigher
WILMER ROZELLE.
WILMER ROZELLE
ANNOUNCES FOR
RE-ELECTION
Wilmer Rozelle announces
this week through the Herald
as a candidate for re-electioh "to
the office of cotton weigher in
Alto, subject to the Democratic
primaries in July.
We are glad to make the
statement that it is easy to say
good things about Mr. Rozelle
and his job. The Herald office
faces the cotton yard, and this
gave us ample opportunity to
see him on the job, both day
and night, and we know that he
has worked hard and con-!
sistently to fill the job of cotton
weigher, and as far as we have
been able to ascertain, ,he has
given full satisfaction to both
the buyer and grower as public
weigher. j
He states that he is running
on his record, and that if he is
re-elected by the people he
will continue to do in the future
as he has in the past, give the
best service that it is possible
for him to give. |
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NOTICE MEAT CUSTOMERS.
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If you have an account with J
our market over 30 days old,1
please don't phone us an order I
for meat. We must have our|
money before delivery of meat
will be made to parties with i
past due accounts.
Merriwether Meat Market.
Mrs. J. C. Huddleston is|
opening her studio for voice
culture in her home in Alto.1
Mrs. Huddleston's first training
was in the music department of
Centenary College. Shreveport.
then with the Fowler School of
Music in that city, and two
years with Mr. Hu T. Huffmas-
ter of Houston. Mrs. Huddles-
ton also has splendid training
in choir work, having sung in,
one of the largest choirs in
Shreveport for several years.
Since coming to Alto she has
been elected as director of mu-j
sic in the Methodist church.]
Was director two years of the
Methodist church, Liberty,
Texas, and also directed the
music in Grace Church, Goose,
Creek, Texas one year.
Mrs. Huddelston will take'
individual pupils and also
classes, both in adult and chil-
dren's work, the latter of which
she is making a specialty, hav-
ing been a worker for several
years with children in church
work, and holds a blue seal di-
ploma in Sunday School work,
and also is a student at this1
time of the University Exten-|
sion Conservatory of Chicago,}
where she is taking special
work that applies to children.
Mrs. Huddleston states that
there is a great need in Alto
for this particular line of work
and is much pleased that the
Public School is giving as much
time as is possible to the chil-
dren, but the demand is great-
er than the time allowed in the
school, can satisfy, M'rs. Hud-
''leston's prices will be in keep-
ing with the prices of the other
teachers of mu.siciij. Alto.
ONE NEW TEACHER
When schools of Jackson-
ville resumed their work Mon-
day following the Christmas
holidays there will be one new
member of the faculty. This is
to be Miss Lois Cole of Alto,
who comes to replace her sis-
ter, Mrs. Frederica Cole Hil-
bun. Mrs. Hilbun married dur-
ing the present school year and
has resigned.
Miss Cole has done two years
of college work, first in Sam
Houston and later in Stephen
F. Austin State Teachers' Col-
lege. In addition to this she has
had considerable extra train-
ing, including special work in
art and writing. For the past
two years she has been employ-
ed in the Franklin School of
Port Arthur, and had taught at
least two years before going
there.
It is stated that Miss Cole de-
cided to come to Jacksonville,
because the climate on the
coast did not agree with her.
—Jacksonville Progress.
PHONE US FOR WOOD
We will be in position to fur-
nish you both heater and stovy
wood during 1930. Phone us
your needs.
J. J. Tullis.
Few people in Alto are a-
ware of the fact that the Vo-
cational Class of the Alto High
school won distinctive honors
at the East Texas Poultry
Show held at Palestine on Dec.
11-14.
The class won first place in
the poultry judging contest
with a total score of 426 points.
Some of the other schools in the
contest included Slocum with
381 points, Mount Enterprise
380, Athens 375, Groveton 370,
Groveton girls 350.
Alto boys also showed up
well in the individual high-
point contestants. J. C. Hol-
comb received 163 points. L. D.
Lane at Athens 160, D. White-
head, Alto, 160 and Thelma
Sides, Groveton, 155.
When it is considered that
there were 1300 birds from all
parts of East Texas, to pick the
winners from, it can be realized
that it was some job for these
Alto boys to tackle, and they
have a right to feel proud of
their record in being selected
as the winning school over all
other contestants.
This award also brings the
fact to light that Alto High
School has a Vocational teach-
er in G. H. Batson who knows
"his oats" and is evidently get-
ting the co-operation of his vo-
cational students in their work.
"East Texas," the official
magazine of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce, with
headquarters at Longview,
carried a two page article on
the Poultry Show at Palestine,
and Alto High School students
were given prominent mention
in the article. This ftiagazine
?oes into practically every li-
brary in the United States, and
the article will likely be clip-
ped by many poultry mag-
azines throughout the country,
which means that Alto and the
Alto High School will receive
thousands of dollars worth ot
advertising throughout the
North and East that doesn't
cost the city one cent.
The boys who went to Pales-
tine with their teacher, Mr.
Batson, were: Dan and Wayne
Whitehead, J. C., Holcomb,
James Pearson, Lewis Russell,
George Pyle, George Ross,
Frank Brunt, Earnest and Wal-
ter Boyd, Leon and Arnold
Reed, Newton Houston, Jewel
Sartain, Clellan Hamilton,
Kermit Roach. Charles Wood
and Durbin Wilson.
LEGISLATURE OPENS
ON JANUARY 14
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The Palace Cafe
a it s ax pleasure to
serve you
Extends a cordial invitation to
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith
To lunch next Sunday, Jan. 5, between the
hours of 11:30 and 1:30 p. m.
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J. D. Sartain Filling Station
AJAX TIRES
Best Tirct and Lowest Price*.
REPAIR WORK AND
ACCESSORIES.
Gulf Gas. No-Nox Motor Fuel
"Fix Tires While You Wait."
259 Phones 260
Austin, Texas, Dec. 28.—
Gov. Dan Moody said Friday
he will call the Legislature in
special session Jan. 14, and
that only two subjects will be
submitted at the start, the
prison concentration and re-
location and litigation fixing
the maximum amount of fees
to be retained by local officers.
Other subjects may follow
these, the Governor said, and
added that the regulation of
public utilities might be one of
them.
Specially created legislative
committees have been consider-
ing recommendations on prison
centralization and to fix fee
maximums for local officers.
The reports of these commit-
tees will be ready for the ses-
sion.
Special legislation to remedy
the pension laws may be en-
acted to care for younger
widows who were unwittingly
discriminated against in thb
last alt, after three attempts
had been made to correct the
pension statutes.
NORTH CHEROKEE
' GIVEN GOOD CLEANING
.''They rounded up right and
left," says the Jacksonville
Progress of Monday, in speak-
ing.of the, arrests made in li-
quor a«es there Saturday by
the Sheriff's Department in
conjunction with the local of-
ficeh\ Continuing the article
says: ' ,
Eleven ihrests were made
by local officers during Satur-
day afternoon on charges of
possession of intoxicating li-
quor for the purpose of sale, i
and seven misdemeanor arrests
wer& made the same day. The
officers banded into three
trroups Saturday afternoon and
"went out after them,", with
particularattention to the
bootlegging profession. The
I following men participated in
the bootlegging arrests: Rich-
ard Cray, sheriff; Spence
\Swann,Jtaeputf sheriff; Emer-
son' Stofie, county attorney;
!Bob Tetriple of Reese; John
1 Acker of Turney, deputy con-
stable; J. A. Smith, constable,
i The. parties set out about 2
i o'cl\t;k, and completed their
l work about 6.
I Eight white persons and
three negroes are charged with
possession of intoxicating li-
quor f6r, the purpose of sale as
result t>f Saturday's work.
J. HvBrowij was arrested on
twQ jiquor charges at his resi-
dence ijj the Club Lake four
miles east of town. . Frank
Flemmings was taken in cus-
tojdy'at his home here. Mrs.
Oreqe Pond was arrested on
two casus at her home two $nd
| o ' e-hMf mile? . north of Jack-
\ t:\^the road which
reads from Mt. Selman
road to Enterprise community.
Watt Barnett was taken on
charges of possession of intox-
icating liquor for the purpose
of sale at his home on Gillespie
Avenue. "Captain" Odom was
arrested at the home of Collie
Odom two and one-half miles
southwest of town on the New
Hope road. Clyde Hammonds
was taken in custody on the
same liquor charges at his
home on the Ruggles Park road
one mile beyond Ruggles Park.
Ira Pond was arrested at the
same place as Mrs. Orene Pond
on the Enterprise road.
Perhaps the most sensation-
al arrest was that of Collie
Odom at the Odom place on
the New Hope road. Forty gal-
lons of liquor were found in his
possession and brought into
town. There were seven five-
gallon kegs, and the rest was
in half-gallon fruit jars.
The three negroes arrested
were Lexton Alexander, who
runs a store on North Bolton
Street opposite the Gober Gro-
cery Store; J. A. Bascom, who
operates a candy kitchen in
North Jacksonville; Melvin
Thompson, who lives on North
Jackson Street.
J. A. Bascom already
been given a three-year
tence on similar charges
had appealed the case
higher court, which in the last
few days affirmed the sentence.
Melvin Thompson has an ap-
pealed case in the courts now
as a result of a two-year sen-
tence inflicted in a similar
charge.
CONTINENTAL BANK IN ; HUNDRED MILLION
PROSPEROUS CONDITION! SHORT ON COTTON
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Continental
State Bank held on December
26, the following officers and
directors were elected:
Gus Rounsaville, President.
Jas. A. Shattuck, Active Vice
President; Walter H. Martin,
Cashier; M. J. Hogan and R.
M. Fisher, Directors.
Mtr. Rounsaville states that
the bank enjoyed another very
prosperous year, the bank paid
a cash dividend of fifteen per
cent, passed $4,000.00 to Sur-
plus, and carried over $1,000
as undivided profits. The bank
now has $25,000.00 Capital
Stock: $20,000.00 Surplus and
$1,000.00 undivided profits.
Mr. Rounsaville also states
that the bank has added an-
other year to its credit in not
having received a letter from
the State Banking Department,
this now makes over ten years
since this bank has received a
letter of criticism from the De-
partment. This is a very de-
serving record, and one to be
appreciated by any bank.
Austin, Dec. 28.—Crop yields
per acre in Texas during the
year were considerably below
the average for the past ten
years—a result largely of in-
sect damage and a protracted
dry period, H. H. Schutz, statis-
tician of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, said
today in his 1929 crop sum-
mary.
Severe losses were sustained
from excessive rains in the
Spring and numerous wind and
hail storms.
While wheat, oats, barley,
rye, hay and fruit produced
more than last year, cotton,
corn, rice, grain, sorghum, pea-
nuts and sweet potatoes made
less, the report said.
Cotton alone reduced the
crop income more than a hun-
dred million dollars.
JONES—BAIN
had
sen-
and
to a
WOOD FOR SALE
Thirty cords of good dry
stove wood and 25 cords of
good dry heater wood. Now
ready for delivery in any
quantity. Phone 176. We de-
liver promptly.
Henry Sheffield.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our deep-
est thanks to our many friends
and neighbors who were so
kind to us in the recent illness
and death of our dear mother.
Your comforting words and
help in this time of trouble and
grief was a great consolation to
us. May God bless you will al-
ways be our prayer.
Miss Mnble Millintr. AHo.
W.T. Milling, ClarksviTle,
Tcnn.
J. B. Milling. Houston.
S. E. Milling, Madisonville.
RED STEER FERTILIZER
Mr. Ellis Jones and Miss
Myrtle Bain of the Cold Springs
community were quietly mar-
ried Dec. 21', at the Methodist
Circuit parsonage, Alto, Rev. C.
G. Condrey officiating.
This is two of Cold Springs
most popular young people.
W e will again handle Redij They have a host of friends,
Steer Fertilizer at Redlawrij who join us in wishing for them
this year. Book
with me now.
your orders
J. J. Tullis.
much happiness
perity.
and pros-
LOST
WANTED
Goodyear 30x5 tire on rim
Lost between my farm and the!
Palace Cafe. Reasonable
ward.
A. E. Boyd
re-
i General House Work. Good
' references. Phone 35-2R.
Minnie Lee Davis,
Route 1, Alto, Texas.
Patronize Our Advertisers.
With some fellows the mer-|
riest Christmas bell is the one
that jingles on the cash register
TO THE
Public
On account of illness the Mack's Service Station is now
being operated by two very efficient men, Messrs. Jim
Erwin and Grover Norwood. Both of the gentlemen are
well known to the Alto public, and their experience in our
line of business assures you the same good service and
courteous treatment that we have tried to give you in the
past, and we hope that you will continue your patronage
with us throughout the new year.
As you are aware, the Mack's Service Station is now
operating upon a strictly cash business to everyone. We
feei sure that you will find this method much more satis-
factory, and it will also give us the opportunity to serve
you better if that be possible.
We thank you sincerely for your past business and hope
to merit it's continuance in the future, and any business
that you may favor Messrs. Erwin and Norwood with, will
not only be appreciated by myself but them as well.
MAY WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO WISH
YOU A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Mack's Service Station
B. H. McLendon, Manager
PHONE 262 ALTO, TEXAS
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1930, newspaper, January 2, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214531/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.